This for those who do not like youtube videos, otherwise look at no. 2 in previous post.

This is a very often asked question from new Gimp users.

Quote:How do I re-dock the tool options dialogue in the toolbox. So far, the only way I can get it to dock is to reinstall gimp, which doesn't take more than a few minutes, but there has to be a better way.

There certainly is a better way. Reinstalling Gimp vary rarely solves anything. Most of the Gimp settings are stored in The user Gimp 2.8 profile, which for Windows users usually C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\

2. Click and Drag that tab into the area designated "You can drop dockable dialogues here"

3. Why does this happen and how to stop it happening again? Open Edit -> Preferences -> Window Management By default Window Positions -> Save window positions on exit is enabled.
Get Gimp looking the way you want
Click on Save Windows positions now
Untick Save Window positions on Exit